Marmaduke de Thweng

- Bef 1323

• Name	Marmaduke de Thweng  [1, 2]
  Birth	of Kilton in Brotton, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 26 Feb 1323  [3, 4, 5]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Marmaduke de Thweng ,   b. of Kilton in Brotton, Yorkshire, England d. Bef 26 Feb 1323 ▻ Isabel de Ros ,  m. 1273 + 2. Robert de Thweng ,   b. of Kilton in Brotton, Yorkshire, England d. Bef 1285 ▻ Alice de Merlay
  Person ID	I9854	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of UKL
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Marmaduke de Thweng,   b. of Kilton in Brotton, Yorkshire, England d. Between 1282 and 1284
  Mother	Lucy de Brus   d. Aft 29 Mar 1282
  Marriage	Abt 1242  [3, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F3716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel de Ros,   b. of Ingmanthorpe in Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire, England d. 1309
  Marriage	1273  [1, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Katherine de Thweng   d. Between 20 Apr 1364 and 28 May 1374 + 2. Lucy de Thweng,   b. Abt 1290, Kilton Castle, Cleveland, Yorkshire, England d. Bef 1325 (Age ~ 34 years)
  Family ID	F2441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Summoned to Parliament by writs 22 Feb 1307 to 18 Sep 1322. "[P]layed a leading role at the battle of Stirling in 1297, but in 1299 was taken prisoner and ransomed by the Scots. [...] In 1312 he joined Thomas, earl of Lancaster, in the attack upon Piers Gaveston, and in 1321, at the time of Lancaster's great rebellion, his loyalties were the subject of suspicion by the crown." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] From Wikipedia: In 1297 Marmaduke achieved some fame at the Battle of Stirling Bridge by a heroic escape. Over 100 English knights had been trapped, together with several thousand infantry, on the far side of the river, and were being slaughtered by the Scots. Thweng managed to fight his way back across the bridge and he thus became the only knight of all those on the far side of the river to survive the battle. Following the rout, Thweng with William FitzWarin were appointed castellans of Stirling Castle by the English leader John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey. The castle was quickly starved into submission, and Thweng and FitzWarin were taken prisoner to Dumbarton Castle. At the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, however, after the English defeat, Sir Marmaduke apparently made no attempt to escape. Instead he wandered over the battlefield until he located Robert the Bruce; only then was he prepared to surrender, and only to the victorious King. Robert recognised Sir Marmaduke and released him and Ralph de Monthermer, also captured, both without ransom, but not without first entertaining them at table.

  
  

• Sources

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